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Jorge Leal Amado de Faria

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Born August 10, 1912
Died August 6, 2001 (88 years old)
Itabuna, Brazil
Also known as: Jorge Amado, Jorge Amado de Faria
38 books
4.6 (19)
243 readers

Description

Jorge Leal Amado de Faria (10 August 1912 – 6 August 2001) was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He remains the best known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film, notably Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands in 1976. His work reflects the image of a Mestiço Brazil and is marked by religious syncretism. He depicted a cheerful and optimistic country that was beset, at the same time, with deep social and economic differences. He occupied the 23rd chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1961 until his death in 2001. He won the 1984 International Nonino Prize in Italy. Jorge Amado also was Federal Deputy for São Paulo by Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) between 1947 and 1951. Source: [Jorge Amado]( on Wikipedia

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Gabriela, clavo y canela (Vintage Español)

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Cuando Gabriela, una hermosa mulata analfabeta, llega a Ilhéus, ciudad del estado brasileño de Bahía, huyendo del campo y de la miseria, se desencadena un divertido cúmulo de pasiones humanas en un abigarrado marco rebosante de sabores, colores y olores. La sugerente Gabriela, su amante –el pintoresco y pragmático Nacib–, las singulares hermanas Reis y el sempiternamente enamorado profesor Josué son sólo los principales personajes de esta inolvidable novela del escritor brasileño Jorge Amado que, empapada de un vitalismo y una sensualidad profundamente ligados a la cultura y las costumbres de su Bahía natal, es una celebración de la existencia y del humor. Jorge Amado (1912-2001) es uno de los escritores más conocidos y apreciados de la literatura brasileña. Sus novelas, por lo general llenas de humor, de vida y de personajes magníficamente caracterizados, han sido traducidas a decenas de idiomas y gozan de una justificada popularidad.

Capitães da Areia

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They call themselves 'Captains of the Sands,' a gang of orphans and runaways who live by their wits and daring in the torrid slums and sleazy back alleys of Bahia. Led by fifteen-year-old 'Bullet,' the band-including a crafty liar named 'Legless,' the intellectual 'Professor,' and the sexually precocious 'Cat'-pulls off heists and escapades against the right and privileged of Brazil. But when a public outcry demands the capture of the 'little criminals,' the fate of these children becomes a poignant, intensely moving drama of love and freedom in a shackled land.

Dona Flor e seus dais maridos

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a good Brazilian story about a woman named Dona flor. her first husband named vadindo died in Carnival and next she married again but her dead husband always show to provocate her.

Tieta Do Agreste

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Antonieta pastoreia cabras em Mangue Seco e entrega-se a diversos amantes nas dunas da região. A carola Perpétua denuncia ao pai, Zé Esteves, as aventuras da irmã, e a liberdade da moça escandaliza a pequena Sant’Ana do Agreste. Depois de levar uma surra de cajado, Tieta é escorraçada de casa pelo pai. Depois de perambular por localidades próximas, prostituindo-se para sobreviver, Tieta segue para São Paulo, onde se torna cafetina. Envia dinheiro à família, mas ninguém conhece seu paradeiro. Quando a correspondência é interrompida, Perpétua conclui que a irmã está morta. Mas após mais de 25 anos da partida Tieta regressa. A volta da filha pródiga revoluciona a pequena cidade baiana. Graças à influência dela, a luz gerada pela hidrelétrica de Paulo Afonso chega a Sant’Ana do Agreste, o que leva uma indústria altamente poluidora a querer se instalar ali, ameaçando o destino ecológico do lugar. Além disso, Tieta volta a povoar as fantasias dos homens e vive uma relação incestuosa com seu sobrinho, o seminarista Ricardo.

Tereza Batista cansada de guerra

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A woman escapes the poverty of her birth and enslavement by becoming a millionaire's mistress.

Pastôres da noite

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Set in the author's beloved Bahia, a swarming tale of raffish folk--prostitutes, cardsharpers, and pimps, drunks and homeless Don Juans and Messalinas in the teeming life of a tropical port.

The two deaths of Quincas Wateryell

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This short book is a searing indictment of class-ridden Brazilian society in the mid-twentieth century and a touching account of the bonds of true friendship, contrasted with family obligations.

Home is the sailor

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Some sailors have a girl in every port At sea, merchant marine officer Christopher Weaver had everything under control, but on land it was anything but smooth sailing. He had a dilapidated houseboat, an errant son, an invalid mother and a crazy new neighbor who thought a puppy was the perfect cure for every ill. Sarah Mitchell, founder of Puppy Power, certainly seemed to be right about a lot of things. But Sarah needed someone to love who would be all hers. And between living at sea six months out of the year, and his responsibility to his family on land, Chris didn't think he had enough left to offer. Could Sarah and Puppy Power prove him wrong?